Associate Software Development Engineer

How You’ll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities) At Delta Air Lines, connection is at the heart of everything we do and guides our every action. We strive to welcome and care for all our customers during their travels with us and aim to deliver an elevated experience.

Delta is investing in and growing our capabilities across our IT global technology hubs, to continually improve the end-to-end travel experience for our customers and enable our 90,000 Delta people who serve them.

Join us on our transformation journey in becoming a world-class IT organization at the world’s best airline!

We’re seeking a hands-on Associate Full Stack Java Software Engineer with strong AWS experience to design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and resilient web applications and APIs. You will work across the stack—from backend microservices and data access to modern frontend frameworks—while leveraging AWS-native services for CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence.

• Design & Development
• Build and maintain scalable RESTful/Graph
  
  QL APIs using Java 17+ with Spring Boot.
• Develop responsive, accessible UIs using React, Angular, or Vue; integrate with backend APIs.
• Cloud & Dev Ops (AWS)
• Design, provision, and operate workloads using AWS (e.g., ECS/Fargate or EKS, API Gateway, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, Dynamo
  
  DB, S3, Cloud Front, Elasti Cache, SNS/SQS, Event Bridge).
• Build CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, AWS Code Pipeline/Code Build, or Jenkins).
• Security & Reliability
• Apply security best practices: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, TLS, secrets management (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager, SSM Parameter Store), VPC design, least-privilege IAM.
• Implement observability: distributed tracing, structured logging, metrics, dashboards, and alerts (e.g., Cloud Watch, Open Telemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK).
• Quality & Process
• Write unit/integration/e2e tests (JUnit/Mockito/Testcontainers/Cypress)
• Participate in code reviews, refine requirements with Product, and drive continuous improvement.
• Support production systems with on-call/rotation as needed; perform root cause analysis and post-incident reviews

• 1+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on cloud technologies.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Basic understanding of AWS services and cloud computing concepts.
• Basic programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, or Node.js.
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Dev Ops practices and tools.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, Git Lab, or AWS Code Pipeline.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Open to receiving constructive feedback and continuously improving skills and performance based on insights from peers and supervisors.
• Execute with a Sense of Urgency
• Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
• Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
• Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
• Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field is preferred.

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values — Care, Integrity, Resilience and Servant Leadership — every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

• Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives
• 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%
• New hires are eligible for up to 2-weeks of vacation. This is earned for use in the following vacation year (April 1 — March 31)
• In addition to vacation, new hires are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid…